IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ray Bolger wore this patchwork outfit ...

From childhood, most of us were familiar with the lithe, loose-limbed scarecrow from that most famous of Technicolor movie musicals: The Wizard of Oz. And while the movie and its characters, cleverly ...

While most people, no doubt, marked the passing of Michael Jackson by listening to their favorite songs of his or watching his videos on youtube, I chose to re-screen his movie debut in THE WIZ. It’s ...

Ray Bolger's widow, Gwendolyn, donated the costume to the Smithsonian Institution after the comedian's death in 1987. NMAH The Scarecrow's hat will be part of a 2018 exhibition on American popular ...

'The Wizard of Oz' stars actor Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow. Bolger grew up in Boston but his family is from Fall River, and he spent his childhood in the city. The classic Hollywood film is the ...

"Best remembered for his role as the Scarecrow in the 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz, Ray Bolger led a rich and extraordinary career in the decade before and more than four decades after the ...